The blow is tough for PSG. Absent since the start of the season, Nuno Mendes is not ready to make his return. Having undergone surgery again, the Portuguese left-back will have to stay on the sidelines for four more months. “After new medical examinations and a new in-depth study of Nuno Mendes’ situation, the Paris Saint-Germain medical department made the decision to carry out surgery this Friday in Finland. The player’s unavailability period is estimated at four months“, announced the club’s press release this Wednesday.
Affected in a thigh in May, the left back suffered a rupture of the conjoined tendon of the right hamstring this summer, but not during training. He has been in care at the PSG Campus since then. Since the summer, PSG has had French international Lucas Hernandez, who arrived from Bayern Munich, in this position. But this news constitutes a hard blow for the club which was counting on the Portuguese to fuel the rotation of the squad dear to its coach Luis Enrique.
As for Kylian Mbappé, the severity of the injury suffered against OM (4-0) on Sunday seems minimal. “Victim of a small sprain in his left ankle, Kylian Mbappé carried out indoor exercises today. A new update will be made on Friday“, specifies PSG, which faces Clermont on Saturday (5 p.m.), before traveling to Newcastle on Wednesday during the second day of the Champions League.